92 
Accounf of Shrpliei d's Corner F(trm. 
per acre; crop 450 busli. per acre; and C)} acres on land 
pared and burned, sow n to swede turnips in May ; a mid- 
dling crop, 12 tons ])er acre; tlie succeeding crojjs have 
been better on these acres than on other parts of the 
field. 
1831. Sown with oats ; seed 6 bush, per acre; crop 40 bush, per 
acre; grass-seeds per acre, 1 bush, of Devon lay grass; 
10 lbs. of trefoil, and 2 lbs. Dutch clover. 
1832. Young clover ; a good croj) mown for hay, lA ton per acre ; 
300 sheep on turnips had a run here during the winter for 
16 weeks. 
1833. Old clover; half of field mown for hay, crop 1 ton per acre; 
other half fed off by sheep 200, for 9 weeks (the half that 
was mown was folded over by sheep and muckled during 
last winter). 
1834. Old red-straw wlieat sown by the 10th of September last; 
seed 3 V bush, per acre ; a good crop 36 bush, per acre. 
1835. Common turnip; seed 3 lbs. per acre, sown in the beginning 
of July ; the first sowing destroyed by the black ]ialmer 
worm ; the second sowing, early in August, a failure ; keep 
for 200 shec]), 1 week only. 
1836. Black oats sown broadcast; 6 bush, seed per acre; crop 
30 Inishels per acre, not of good quality owing to a bad 
season and cold wet frosts after sowing; grass seeds as in 
1831. 
1837. Young clover, mown for hay, crop 1^ ton per acre; a winter's 
run for 200 sheep on turnips. 
1838. Old clover; the western half cut for hay, crop 1 ton per acre; 
the other half, fed off by 200 sheep for 14 weeks ; a winter's 
run for 200 sheep on hay. 
1839. Three-year-old clover ; 18 acres of the western part cut for ray- 
grass seed; 18^ acres fed over by sheep, 200 for 14 weeks : 
in 1837-8 the part cut for seed was folded and muckled ; 
the other part manured with 12 loads light dung per acre. 
1840. Old red-straw wheat, drilled 2h bush, per acre; plant looking 
well up to March, then failed at the western end owing to 
the wire-worm ; about 3 acres sown with barley, 4 bush, 
seed per acre; crop only 8 bush, per acre; 3 acres planted 
witii potatoes, manured by 8 loads light dung per acre, crop 
160 bush, per acre; the eastern part a middling crop of 
wheat, 24 bush, per acre. 
1841. Common turnip on the eastern part 20 acres ; seed 3 lbs. 
per acre (the land folded over by sheep in the spring and 
manured with 12 bush, of bone-dust and ashes drilled per 
acre) ; 2 acres sown to carrots ; 3 lbs. seed per acre, well 
dunged, pretty good crop; 5 acres peas; seed 4 bush., no 
manure, but pretty good crop ; 6 acres vetches, seed 3 bush, 
per acre ; no manure ; crop cut for horses and working oxen ; 
3.7 acres ))otatoes, dung 10 loads per acre; crop 160 bush, 
per acre ; the common turnip a moderate crop. 
